We’re often asked how a looked after child is matched with a foster family and what input you have with deciding placements as a foster carer.
Take a look at our guide to how the matching process happens.
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“I would love to foster but I am probably too old”. We hear these words frequently and there are a lot of common misconceptions about fostering. One of them is that there's a cut-off age for foster carers.
Hear first-hand from our Rotherham carers who came to fostering later in life and have never looked back.
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After you’ve had your information call or visit with one of our fostering advisers, your next step will be to have a follow up visit. Unlike your initial chat with our fostering adviser, follow up visits take place face-to-face in your home. We’ve put together this useful guide to help you understand what to expect from your visit.
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Fostering Rotherham is here to help you all year round, including Christmastime when we offer additional allowances to help with extra expenses. With peer support groups and access to discounted activities across South Yorkshire and the UK, our foster carers can make the season magical whatever their budget. We’ve put together this guide to having a simply wonderful Christmastime.
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You’ve had your information call and completed your follow up visit. You’re now ready to move into the assessment process - but what does that involve?
We’ve answered some of the most common questions we hear from potential foster carers as they step forward to help Rotherham’s looked after children.
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Fostering Rotherham would love to be able to keep more sibling groups together, because we know what a massive difference having a brother or sister alongside a child to hold their hand makes. To do that, we need more foster carers with the space in their hearts and homes for sibling groups.
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As restrictions lift once again across the UK, the summer holidays are set to be much brighter! We know that you may have exhausted your list of go-to activities to keep the kids entertained during lockdown, so we’ve come up with 11 more ideas to help you create some of the memories you may have missed out on last year.
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Did you know that 29th May to 6th June is Garden Wildlife Week? We’ve come to appreciate our green spaces all the more over the past year or so, but what about the creatures we share those spaces with? Garden Wildlife Week is about encouraging us to think about the wildlife all around us and how we can help it to flourish. With that in mind, we’ve come up with some activities that you might like to try, including ideas for those of us who don’t have gardens.
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With the gradual relaxation of lockdown restrictions, this coming half-term holiday will feel a lot more like business as usual than recent school holidays. No more relying solely on craft projects and a bit of football on the field, there’s now a range of activities on offer and day-trips to be enjoyed.
With that in mind, we’ve come up with a list of boredom-busting outings in and around Rotherham to keep the whole family entertained.
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Easter is one of the most important holidays in the Christian calendar and is recognised around the globe. This year celebrations are likely to be a bit different as we once again celebrate Easter at home in order to halt the spread of coronavirus.
We have come up with some ideas and activities to help make the Easter weekend that little bit special during the lockdown and to ensure that those who want to celebrate its true meaning can do so.
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Although lockdown restrictions are starting to lift across the UK, we all know that this year’s summer holidays are going to be a bit different to normal.
For many of us, it can feel like we’ve absolutely exhausted ideas of things to keep the kids entertained so here’s a list of some things you may not have tried yet.
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It is important to talk openly to children and reassure them about the changes they are seeing around them due to Coronavirus. Following the school closures, foster children may worry about themselves, their family, and friends getting ill with COVID-19. Children in care are particularly sensitive to uncertainty and any changes to their routine. Many children in care have experienced trauma and attachment issues and may be especially vulnerable at this time. Parents, family members, and other trusted adults play an important role in helping children make sense of what they hear in a way that is honest and accurate, and that minimises anxiety or fear.
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Every child needs care, compassion and safety but some children in particular require some additional care. Foster carers for disabled children offer additional care to children who may have autism, learning difficulties, physical disabilities or medical conditions. There is a growing need for us to find foster homes for children with additional needs. If you are a kind, open-minded and patient person, you may be able to change a child’s life.
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Christmas is a time for families and when you are a fostering family, it can be even more important to find activities that the whole family enjoys. We’ve put together a few suggestions of some Christmassy activities that you and your fostering family might enjoy.
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For most families, the Christmas period is a time for fun and socialising, and spending time with friends and family. It is particularly important for foster children to sustain relationships with the people that they care about.
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Everybody needs a break sometimes and we want to help our amazing Rotherham foster families to get the rest they deserve. We have a number of measures in place to ensure everybody gets the time and support they need, one of these is through the Families Together scheme.
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Fostering has incredible, life-changing implications on the foster child, but it will obviously affect your family dynamics too. Fostering a child will affect your family, but maybe not for the reasons you might have considered.
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